I.                     Nutrition Education

A.      Nutrition will be taught in an interdisciplinary format.

B.      Appropriate materials to teach Nutrition will be used.

II.                Physical Activity

A.      Classroom health education will complement physical education

B.      Classroom teachers will provide short physical activity breaks between lessons or classes, as appropriate.

C.      Physical activity will be integrated whenever possible across the curriculum.

D.      Students will spend at least 50 percent of physical education class time participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity.

III.               School-based Activities

A.      Extended care programs will provide and encourage physical activity for all participants.

B.      Extended care programs will promote and encourage good nutritious snacks for all students. 

IV.              Foods Served or Sold on the School Campus

A.      Saint Mary School meets all the recommended state standards set forth by the USDA for the daily lunch program.

B.      Vending Machines on Saint Mary campus will provide beverages to include water, 100% fruit juice, and non-carbonated drinks of low caloric content. 

C.      Students are not allowed to bring high energy drinks or carbonated drinks on campus.

D.      Snacks served on the campus are encouraged to be only single serving with low fat content.

E.       Saint Mary School discourages students from sharing their foods or beverages with one another.

V.                 Saint Mary School makes every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and prevent the overt identification of, students who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals.

A.      Saint Mary School will implement programs and services to support and value the social and emotional well-being of students, families and staff and to build a healthy school environment.

B.      Saint Mary School provides a supportive and nurturing environment including school counseling services, and referrals to community resources as appropriate.

C.      Saint Mary School will instruct students to accept and embrace the diversity among others.

D.      Saint Mary School provides many coordinated programs of accessible health services to students and staff which include the following:

1.       Sexual Abuse Workshop for all staff, faculty, and volunteers.

2.       Safe Environment/Teaching Prevention Workshop is required of all teachers.

3.       Drug Awareness Programs for students.

4.       LURES program for safe environment for students including Internet Safety, Drug Resistance, and School Violence Prevention.

5.       Health and Vision Screenings for students.

6.       First Aid training for students and staff.

7.       Health referrals